Dante
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Dante
By (Author) John Took
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
6th April 2020
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: writers
European history
851.1
Physical Properties
Hardback
608
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the Divine Comedy For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work. Dante's writings are therefore never far away in this authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography
Reviews
"Took captures passionately and in meticulous detail the intellectual journeying Dante took in becoming one of the great portrait artists of the human condition. . . . This is a love letter magisterially crafted, eloquently rendered."---Rachel Moss, Times Higher Education
"Powerful new readings."---Peter Hainsworth, Times Literary Supplement
"Dante is an altogether authoritative and mighty intellectual biography superlative in its writing and more than comprehensive in breadth of scope."---David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews
Author Bio
John Took is Professor Emeritus of Dante Studies at University College London. His books include L'Etterno Piacer: Aesthetic Ideas in Dante and Dante, Lyric Poet and Philosopher: An Introduction to the Minor Works.
